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FROM DREAMS TO REALITY

Dreams ask something of us. They ask us to be brave, to tolerate uncertainty, to risk disappointment, and to keep moving forward when the outcome is not guaranteed. Yet I have met few people who regretted pursuing a meaningful dream. The regrets usually belong to the dreams left untouched, the opportunities declined, and the life not fully lived. Perhaps there is wisdom in paying attention to that distinction.

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Life in Progress

Helping you one skill at at time to find your life purpose and support you along your journey.

At LIFE IN PROGRESS taking your dreams to reality is about learning how to::

• move from a dream to a plan
• making the plan manageable goals
• putting the goals into baby steps (doable)

Staying accountable and creating structure to take action the steps. Celebrating the steps while self validating movement forward. Surrounding yourself with cheerleaders and distancing yourself from the naysayers. Stay the course and find your grit when the going gets hard or slow or you feel stuck. It is utilizing resources, reaching out when you need assistance, and turning errors into creative opportunities. It is about learning to love playing on plateaus until you make the leap to the next level. In reality,  taking your dreams to reality is a journey in which you grow and learn without surrounding to I can’t or if only.

Reasons We Don't Turn Dreams to Reality

Fear of Failure

You might fail but you learn until you get it right. Edison said he did not fail a 1000 times to find the filament that would last for the light bulb. The were steps to finding the right one.

Fail to Learn

You will make mistakes. Learn from them adjust accordingly keep going.

Hard Work

Dreams are easy to talk about implementing a plan and carrying it out takes grit..

Lack of Esteem

Dreams taken to reality require belief in yourself sometimes when no one else does.

Perceived Lack of Resources

Often we blame lack of resources for not carrying our our dreams. Resources can be found. Where there is a will there is a way.

Time

We fail to prioritize turning our dream to reality. Schedule time in your schedule regularly to work on your dream to reality plan.

Take Your Time. START HERE. Move at Your Own Speed

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The Journey Starts with a Dream

Whether we realize it or not, each of us is on a journey. Every day, we are moving along a path shaped by our choices, our circumstances, and the meaning we make of our experiences. This journey isn’t about a literal heaven or hell—that isn’t our expertise. It’s about the direction we’re headed right now. It’s about the next step in front of us and whether that step feels possible, aligned, or even visible.

Lost in the Dream Forest

Many people arrive here feeling uncertain or stuck. You may be thinking, “I don’t even know what my next step is,” or “I can see the path, but I can’t seem to reach it.” Others feel as though they’ve wandered off course entirely, or that life took a turn they never anticipated. Perhaps a long-held dream was shattered, leaving only fragments of what once felt possible. Or maybe you’ve been on a path for a long time, doing all the “right” things, yet your sense of forward movement feels stalled.

The Transition from Dream to Reality

Life transitions—whether chosen, unexpected, or born of loss—can leave us feeling untethered. In these moments, it’s common to feel alone, directionless, frustrated, angry, or hopeless. Sometimes the exhaustion runs so deep that we want to quit, withdraw, or disappear for a while. These responses are human and understandable. But what if the obstacle in front of you isn’t a personal failure, a fatal flaw, or an insurmountable mountain? What if what’s needed isn’t a dramatic reinvention—but the development of a few new skills, perspectives, or supports?

From Dream to Reality, Only Takes a Next Step

At Life in Progress, we believe that movement forward often begins with learning how to navigate what we’re already facing. You don’t have to have the whole journey mapped out. You only need enough clarity, confidence, and support to take the next right step.

Explore the topics below for skills that are often essential in adult life—yet rarely taught, named, or practiced until we find ourselves needing them most. You don’t have to walk this path alone. Let us help you turn what feels uncertain into something more navigable, grounded, and possible.

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WHAT IS YOUR IKIGAI?

Think Need, Passion, Purpose & Pay!

 

Ikigai is the place where what the world needs, what you love, what you are good at, and what you can get paid for overlap.

What do you love? + What are you good at? + What does the world need that you can get paid for doing?  = Your Ikigai

WIZMINS

Browse the Carousel. Choose a Topic that Speaks to you. Click “READ MORE” on the flip side. 

Review the skill & information. Download the document for further study & practice. Fourteen topics per carousel.

Words that Stop Us from Pursuing our Dreams

"Why would you want to do that?" (disgusted tone)

No need to answer or discuss this person has decided they think it is aa bad idea.

"You can't make a living doing that!"

Everyone is a cynic. If you have dream go for it. If you love your dream don't settle.

"That is a bad idea!"

Is it? Five publisher's turned down the rights to publish "Harry Potter". No one has a crystal ball. Do not be discouraged.

"You don't have the brains to make this happen"

How do they know? It's your dream, you may need to hire other experts along the way but that is normal.

"When are you going to have time to make this happen?"

Competing demands will occur make sure to schedule your plans and goals into your calendar..

" I don't know this is a big risk."

Yes, it is but nothing ventured nothing gained. In two decades will you regret that you might have risked or that you did not try?

You're a failure. You will never make this happen."

You might fail. Join the club of great failures my favorite is Walt Disney. He went bankrupt 7 times. Failure is not the problem quitting is the problem. Learn and keep going.

"Why would you want to do that?" (disgusted tone) "You can't make a living doing that!" "That is a bad idea!" "You don't have the brains to make this happen" "When are you going to have time to  make this happen?" " I don't know this is a big risk." You're a failure. You will never make this happen."

Pursuing your dream is not a flight of fantasy but a well thought out plan with goals and doable steps. It is not a flash in a plan, it is a heartfelt endevour.

  • -Outline a plan
  • -Start with one goal
  • -Take the first step
  • -then the next

take your time, develop a team for support. be accountable. stay the course.

WIZMIND ENCOURAGEMENTS

Dreams always come true. T/F?

No but if you risk sometimes they do.

All I need to do is to think about my dream and it will manifest. T/F?

Manifesting requires more than thinking. It requires engagement and effort. So not pursuing a dream requires more than thinking.

Planning, Goals & Steps are components of making dreams reality. T/F?

True. Although not always linear moving from a dream to reality requires a map, otherwise you might find yourself wandering in the desert.

You will have boundless support for your plan from family & friends. T/F?

If you are extremely lucky “yes” but if you fit the average response you will run into many naysayers and wet blanket throwers often those closest to you.

Your dream and your final reality will be an exact match. T/F?

Unlikely. It might be similar. It might be even close. It may be even better that you dreamed, or you might not get to quite where you want. In rare cases it may fail all together but other miracles may have occurred along the way. Whatever it is you will never wonder about what might have been.

You will need hekp along the way. T/F?

Absolutely. Utilize other experts and specialists learn from them and grow.

WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF RIGHT NOW?

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